Technical Lead – Fullstack

• Design, build and ship end-to-end features from React/Next.js screens to Django, PHP or Magento back-end logic and APIs
• Solve complex technical problems involving performance, integrations and difficult bugs
• Write clean, tested and maintainable code
• Review pull requests daily and provide constructive feedback
• Set and maintain coding standards, branching rules and a clear definition of done
• Work with QA to reduce production bugs and resolve critical issues quickly
• Break features into tasks, estimate effort and plan sprints with the Product Manager
• Support daily stand-ups, identify blockers and remove them
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, reviews and one-to-ones
• Update stakeholders on progress, risks and trade-offs
• Make and document architecture decisions
• Improve CI/CD, monitoring and release processes with DevOps
• Plan upgrades, reduce technical debt and maintain platform security
• Lead a team of 8–12 engineers in a player-coach role

• Strong, hands-on experience building production React/Next.js applications with hooks, TypeScript, server-side rendering and state management such as Redux Toolkit or Zustand
• Back-end experience with at least one, ideally two, of Django/Python or PHP/Magento 2
• Experience with Django REST Framework, ORM, migrations and background jobs
• Experience with Magento 2 custom modules, plugins and observers, checkout and catalogue customisation, and performance tuning
• Experience designing REST or GraphQL APIs
• Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL, query optimisation and Redis caching
• Experience writing and enforcing unit and integration tests
• Experience conducting thorough, constructive code reviews
• Knowledge of Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, Docker and cloud basics such as Azure or AWS
• Knowledge of OWASP basics, secure handling of secrets and user data, and secure authentication
• At least 2 years leading or mentoring a team, planning sprints and keeping delivery on track
• 7–10 years of software development experience
• At least 3 years as a tech lead or senior engineer guiding others
• Proven record of shipping full-stack features to production
• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Clear written and spoken English
• Comfortable working with teams across time zones